Prominent art historians including Griselda Pollock, Anne Wagner, Katy Siegel, and Anna Chave have also
offered essential considerations of gender and Frankenthaler's work, illuminating how it was both the product and reflection of a historically tumultuous era for women.
A qualitative study of pregnant Indigenous women in Perth found that women commonly referred to smoking as normal, a stress release, a low health priority and a social experience, and commented that it was difficult to quit because they were surrounded by smoking from their family and household members.11 In the social context of high smoking rates and large numbers of adults per household, smoking may
offer an opportunity to alleviate stress, acting as a social lubricant in «time - out, yarning, and sharing with others».11 This provides a critical target for intervention in antenatal smoking; in order to help women to quit, it seems that
consideration of and involvement with the social context in which women live are
essential.